Growing Concerns Over K2 Use in New Haven

The city says there were at least seven overdoses in the city in Thursday. (Published Saturday, Feb. 3, 2018)

Following more than a dozen overdoses in a week, officials in New Haven are warning the public of the dangers of the street drug known as K2.

There were at least seven overdoses linked to the drug between 10 a.m. am and 4 p.m. Thursday.

NBC Connecticut spoke with people in New Haven who say the drug, while not new, is creating new problems in downtown New Haven where more people are attracted to it because of the cheap price and ease of access.

“It’s more popular than crack now, especially downtown New Haven,” says James Thomas, a sextant and outreach minister at the Trinity Church on the Green. Thomas runs a weekly spiritual fellowship that draws close to 100 people, many of whom are struggling with K2 addictions.